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Chuck Flammer Joins Bekum Indian Oil bags FIPI’s

America As Business Development ‘Sustainably Growing Corporate
Manager of the Year’ Award

huck Flammer has joined ndianOil bagged the Federation of Indian Petroleum
CBekum America Corporation, IIndustry's (FIPI) 'Sustainably Growing Corporate
the world’s leading designer and of the Year' award for excellence in sustainability
manufacturer of blow molding performance and benefits extended to society and
machinery, as its Business the environment, at a glittering awards ceremony
Development Manager. Prior to held at New Delhi recently. Mr. Sanjiv Singh,
joining Bekum, Flammer served Chairman, IndianOil, along with Mr. Ranjan Kumar
as Vice President of Sales for Mohapatra, Director (HR), IndianOil, and Mr. SM
Kautex North America. “We Vaidya, Director(Refineries), IndianOil, received
are thrilled to welcome Chuck the award from Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan, Union
Flammer to our team,” said Steve London, COO and Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel in
president for Bekum America Corporation. “Flammer the presence of Dr. RK Malhotra, Director General,
has unique expertise in industrial blow molding and FIPI, and top management of oil & gas companies.
Winning a double at the awards night, IndianOil's
packaging, with over 25 years of experience in the Mathura Refinery also received the Best Refinery in the
plastics industry. Chuck’s expertise and reputation in the Medium category (+9MMTPA) award for being a leading
business will service our existing and new clients well.” refiner in the country. The FIPI Oil and Gas Awards
For the past 20 years Flammer served in various positions recognise the leaders, innovators and pioneers in the
at Kautex North America, including as Vice President of oil and gas industry, with an objective to celebrate
Sales. Chuck has earned a Master’s Degree in Mechanical the industry's most outstanding achievements. FIPI
Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and felicitates companies and individuals who have
an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering demonstrated an unparalleled ability to succeed and
from Lehigh University. He is a member of the Society
of Plastics Engineers and has served as the Chairman of
the ANSI Safety Standards for blow molding machinery. “I
am excited to join Bekum America Corporation and I look
forward to working with the entire Bekum team to increase
sales in the industrial and packaging machine market,”
said Chuck Flammer. “Bekum produces a wide range of
outstanding machinery and provides unmatched customer
service support. I am very proud to join this outstanding
team of experienced professionals.” Bekum the leading
designer and manufacturing blow molding machinery
for the world has Well-known automotive, beverage, continually set standards of excellence in the Indian
cosmetic, medical, and chemical industry customers oil and gas sector. Earlier IndianOil won the National
benefiting from their services. Thir expertise is including CSR Aaward instituted by the Ministry of Corporate
more than 18,000 machines shipped worldwide flows into Affairs, Government of India, under Women and
all of our customer requests. Chuck said Customized Child Development category for its Assam Oil School
solutions are standard for us. Together with our customers, of Nursing project at Digboi. The project covers 9
we have developed tailor-made solutions to meet their cities and 47 districts of Assam with enrollment of
60 students per year for two courses in nursing &
requirements, to include product SOLUTIONS for entire midwifery. IndianOil has spent an amount of RS. 490.60
production lines. Beckum said ," We design and build blow crore on various CSR initiatives during 2018-19.
molding machinery for the world."

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